Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of peatland have been put under restoration management in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, in each year between 2015-2022.

Approximately 100,000 hectares of peatland across the UK have been rewetted to date. Further plans for peatland restoration and responsible management were set out in the England Peat Action Plan (May 2021) and Net Zero Strategy (October 2021).